Isaiah 37:36 “Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the…”

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

World English Bible

Then the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

American Standard Version

And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth, fourescore, and fiue thousand: so when they arose early in the morning, beholde, they were all dead corpses.

Darby Translation

And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

Young's Literal Translation

And a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred and eighty and five thousand; and [men] rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.

Bible in Basic English

And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

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Cross references

“the angel”

Isaiah 10:12 2 Kings 19:35 Isaiah 31:8 2 Samuel 24:16 Isaiah 33:10–12 Acts 12:23

Isaiah 10:12 · BSB

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

2 Kings 19:35 · BSB

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 31:8 · BSB

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

2 Samuel 24:16 · BSB

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LOR…

Isaiah 33:10–12 · BSB

“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

Acts 12:23 · BSB

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

“and when”

Job 24:24 Psalm 76:5–7 Exodus 12:30 Psalm 46:6–11 Job 20:5–7 1 Thessalonians 5:2

Job 24:24 · BSB

They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

Psalm 76:5–7 · BSB

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

Exodus 12:30 · BSB

During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

Psalm 46:6–11 · BSB

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Job 20:5–7 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

1 Thessalonians 5:2 · BSB

For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Read Isaiah 37